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A teenage girl and an infant went missing around 11 a.m. Sunday in the 3300 block of Redlands Drive, according to the ����ʦapp Police Department.

The trial for a man suspected of raping a woman in Oildale was delayed Wednesday in Kern County Superior Court as his defense attorney was engaged in a different trial.

The father accused of murdering his 2-year-old son had his hearing delayed Wednesday in Kern County Superior Court.

West High School grad Natalie Pulido was all smiles Tuesday when she walked out of Greater Harvest Christian Center in southwest ����ʦapp with a refurbished laptop computer, a new backpack packed with school supplies and a box of food for good measure.

A years-old agricultural controversy returned to its Kern County roots Tuesday as environmental justice advocates attending a state hearing in Shafter called for changes to a public notification system proposed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

The man suspected of stabbing another to death in Rosamond had his court hearing delayed Tuesday to Aug. 6.

Two suspects allegedly involved in the robbery of an elderly man outside a credit union in Ridgecrest pleaded no contest Tuesday to different charges in court in Ridgecrest.

Kern County District Attorney Investigator Matthew Iturriria could not have known when he was serving a subpoena in September 2021 that the man he was calling to testify as a witness in a murder case was the same person who would later be indicted for the same crime.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing teenager last seen by his family June 10 in Oildale.

Nearly three years after a fatal shooting involving ����ʦapp police officers, the state Attorney General’s Office has decided not to press charges because of what it called insufficient evidence.

A court hearing was delayed Tuesday for the former ����ʦapp Police officer accused of causing a fatal car crash in January 2023.

Law enforcement conducted a controlled detonation of a pair of pipe bombs discovered early Saturday by the intersection of Comanche Point and Jack Springs roads near Stallion Springs.

Some adults may think America's teens will not be prepared to lead this nation in the future because they have all gone soft. Think again.

Workplace violence prevention will be discussed during an hourlong webinar being hosted Wednesday by Cal State ����ʦapp's Small Business Development Center.

The man found guilty of shooting a teenager and leaving him a ​​quadriplegic was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday in Kern County Superior Court.

A man was found guilty Friday of encouraging a teenage girl to commit acts of prostitution in order to put money on his books in jail, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.

July is on average the hottest month of ����ʦapp’s weather year. And, by any measure, July 2024 has been a pressure cooker.

A woman was charged with abusing her adult son, “who is special needs and has the mindset of a 2-year-old,” by allegedly tasing him in Kern Medical, according to a search warrant submitted in Kern County Superior Court.

Republicans and Democrats in Kern County held divergent views of President Joe Biden's performance prior to his announcement Sunday he won't run for reelection.

A Lamont man was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm after Kern County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shots-fired call for service.

A power outage hit 16,534 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customer accounts Sunday in central and northern ����ʦapp, the utility reported.

����ʦapp home sales took unexpected and, in some cases, confusing turns in June, leading one longtime observer to call the market unstable.

Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of organizing in the state may well be a pair of private immigration detention centers in Kern County.

Rafael Juarez associates food memories with community and said food has the ability to bring people together.

Keith Wolaridge entered the world of school trusteeship in 2009 by appointment. He was elected the next year and has kept his seat on the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Board of Trustees ever since.

California regulators have come under criticism recently that they looked the other way during one of the biggest business deals in Kern County oil fields in years.

As efforts to push embattled President Joe Biden out of the race crescendo, Gov. Gavin ����ʦappom has remained one his most committed champions.

He didn't need a microphone.

In an effort to connect with the community, the ����ʦapp Police Department hosted its first summer event filled with games and activities for all ages to enjoy.

A day after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges, the disgraced cofounders of Fresno-based Bitwise Industries took to social media this week to apologize to their former employees, investors and lenders.

A bicyclist died on Highway 33, south of Cadet Road, in Maricopa around 1 a.m. Monday, according to the Kern County coroner’s office.

An Arvin woman died in a car crash on East Panama Lane, east of South Vineland Road, around 5:45 p.m. on July 11, according to the Kern County coroner’s office.

A Kern County judge called California's card-check union authorization law "likely unconstitutional" in a ruling Thursday that nullified the United Farm Workers of America's recent enrollment of more than 600 local employees of ag giant The Wonderful Co.

The first steps toward possible state control of groundwater pumping in Kings County were derailed under a ruling issued July 15 that said the Water Resources Control Board had overstepped its bounds by requiring meters on wells.

The man suspected of shooting a homeless man in east ����ʦapp and leaving the victim to die had his trial delayed Friday in Kern County Superior Court.

The hearing was delayed Friday in Kern County Superior Court for the man convicted of the 2021 Ridgecrest ice pick murder in his case related to child molestation charges.

A man was arrested on suspicion of firearms and narcotics charges around 3:50 p.m. Thursday in the 27000 block of N. Lincoln Street in Taft.

New shopping centers are moving forward in all four quadrants of ����ʦapp in the latest sign that job creation and housing development are driving retail investment across the city.

A four-day grand-opening is set to begin July 25 in celebration of a new Tractor Supply Co. location at 333 Gardner Field Road in Taft.

Rebekah Denison said the 7-week-old child who died at the hands of her father would have been 3 years old now.

The ����ʦapp Police Department is hosting a community event called Summer Nights with BPD event from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greystone Park in southwest ����ʦapp.

They are probably the best-dressed, best-behaved group of convention-goers to gather in ����ʦapp each year.

A new lawyer was assigned Tuesday to a man suspected of shooting a man and leaving him for dead in east ����ʦapp.

A man was arrested on suspicion of drug and firearm charges after Kern County Sheriff’s deputies found a stolen AR-15 and methamphetamine at a home in the 1100 block of Eureka Street on Tuesday, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

An at-risk woman with a medical condition went missing around 1 p.m. Wednesday from the 200 block of Clyde Street, according to the ����ʦapp Police Department.

The ����ʦapp Police Department is looking for a teenage boy who went missing around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of Eye Street.

����ʦapp's top elected and appointed officials painted a picture Wednesday of the city as a place of tenacity that, despite challenges largely beyond its control, is making strong progress toward its biggest goals.